LUGANSK, August 6. /TASS/. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky is taken to hospital after an assassination attempt, the LuganskInformCenter reported on Saturday.

"Plotnitsky this morning got injured in a blast near his car," the agency said.

The republic’s head was taken to a Lugansk hospital. Several more people got injures in the blast, which damaged facades of several houses nearby. The police are working at the crime scene.